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Per http://meta.english.stackexchange.com/a/4722, please ‘never’ use 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 or ˋbackticksˋ on ELU.
tchrist
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Is “shall” an appropriate word for a scientific thesis?

May I use the word shall in my scientific thesis?

As in

The relevant ones shall be introduced in the following.

Or is shall considered slang or outdated?

Clawish
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